A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and ...

Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for ...

Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

T hink learning and memory are all the job of the brain? You might want to think again, if the results of a recent study are to be believed. In a first, scientists at New York University (NYU ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

New research proposes a unified theory of brain function based on criticality—a state where the brain teeters between order ...

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The aim of the experiment was to accurately identify the location in the brain where the processes of learning, memory, and problem-solving occur (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015).

Testing works as a learning tool because it exploits a simple principle of human brain function. We are wired to learn from our mistakes and challenges, a phenomenon called error-driven learning.

This backpropagating signal is thought to play a role in learning and memory consolidation. They found that during peak estradiol, the backpropagating signal traveled farther back into the dendrites, ...